FindItHereNC 2012
FindItHereNC
Our heart's desire is that by God's grace we will become the greatest force in the history of this convention for reaching people with the message of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Find It Here offers a strong beginning step in that direction. This is the first of a three-year emphasis of evangelism, discipleship and missions involvement for the churches of our convention.
First, pause for a moment and pray. Every effective, eternal, spiritual ministry of your church must be bathed in prayer if it has any hope of succeeding. Ask God to speak to your heart and to the hearts of your church members about the need to be mobilized with the Gospel to reach the world for Jesus. Ask God to guide you as you lead your church through this emphasis and ask Him to raise up mission champions from your congregation. Ask God to bring maximum glory to Himself as your church takes her next step on the missions mobilization journey.
Second, familiarize yourself with the contents of “Chapter One - The Discover Phase: Assessing Mission Effectiveness.” In the chapter, you will find a brief narrative explaining why mission assessment is critical, assessment tools to use with your church leadership and congregation, and instructions on how to tabulate and interpret the results of the assessment tools. Then, use the mission assessment tools with your church leaders and congregation.
Third, explore “Chapter Two – The Discover Phase: Communicating a Biblical Missiology.” The chapter contains sermon outlines from North Carolina Baptist mission leaders focused on the Great Commission, Bible studies to reinforce the sermons, daily devotionals to stimulate prayer, and multiple models for communicating biblical missions principles to your church. Select the model which works best for your church and schedule it on the church calendar.
Fourth, if you serve a local Baptist association, examine the materials found in “Chapter Three - The Discover Phase: Associational Options.” These options were specifically designed to help associational missionaries create catalytic mission events for the churches of their association. They will work well in associations of any size.
Finally, go to the Sign Up tab where you will find a covenant to commit to personally be involved in this missions mobilization emphasis, and where you can commit to influencing your church to take her next step toward being “on mission” with the Gospel of Christ.
